Comments on: Following the Pardon http://saudijeans.org/2007/12/18/following-the-pardon/ Rants and Raves from Saudi Arabia Mon, 13 Feb 2012 09:23:00 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.com/ By: This is for Talal « Saudi Jeans http://saudijeans.org/2007/12/18/following-the-pardon/#comment-20638 Thu, 31 Dec 2009 00:05:41 +0000 http://saudijeans.org/2007/12/18/following-the-pardon/#comment-20638 [...] for it. Fame? It has never been about fame, although, like my friend Abdulrahman al-Lahem, I don’t mind becoming famous for doing something I believe in. In this age, when some people are famous for being famous, being famous because of a blog is not [...]

]]> By: Whimsy Anderson http://saudijeans.org/2007/12/18/following-the-pardon/#comment-15230 Sun, 24 Aug 2008 23:58:25 +0000 http://saudijeans.org/2007/12/18/following-the-pardon/#comment-15230 Has anyone hears about the fate of Fawzi Falih, the woman accused of witchcraft in Saudi Arabia? The case was covered by the BBC I February of 2008. But I have not heard of what became of her, AND IF THERE IS ANYTHING MORE WE CAN DO TO HELP?
I am trying to get organizations and the media involved in actively demanding her release.
Please see the following website petition and article
You may also write the King of Saudi Arabia as well via the embassy
At info@saudiembassy.net
http://www.petitiononline.com/AIDFAWZA/petition.html

Thanks you.
Dr Whimsy Anderson ND

]]> By: annie338 http://saudijeans.org/2007/12/18/following-the-pardon/#comment-14869 Wed, 16 Jul 2008 08:10:21 +0000 http://saudijeans.org/2007/12/18/following-the-pardon/#comment-14869 The Rights of Woman
Yes, injured Woman! rise, assert thy right!
Woman! too long degraded, scorned, opprest;
O born to rule in partial Law’s despite,
Resume thy native empire o’er the breast!

Go forth arrayed in panoply divine;
That angel pureness which admits no stain;
Go, bid proud Man his boasted rule resign,
And kiss the golden scepter of thy reign.

Go, gird thyself with grace; collect thy store
Of bright artillery glancing from afar;
Soft melting tones thy thundering cannon’s roar,
Blushes and fears thy magazine of war.

Thy rights are empire: urge no meaner claim,—
Felt, not defined, and if debated, lost;
Like sacred mysteries, which withheld from fame,
Shunning discussion, are revered the most.

Try all that wit and art suggest to bend
Of thy imperial foe the stubborn knee;
Make treacherous Man thy subject, not thy friend;
Thou mayst command, but never canst be free.

Awe the licentious, and restrain the rude;
Soften the sullen, clear the cloudy brow:
Be, more than princes’ gifts, thy favors sued;—
She hazards all, who will the least allow.

But hope not, courted idol of mankind,
On this proud eminence secure to stay;
Subduing and subdued, thou soon shalt find
Thy coldness soften, and thy pride give way.

Then, then, abandon each ambitious thought,
Conquest or rule thy heart shall feebly move,
In Nature’s school, by her soft maxims taught,
That separate rights are lost in mutual love.

]]> By: Legal Matters « Saudi Jeans http://saudijeans.org/2007/12/18/following-the-pardon/#comment-14821 Sat, 12 Jul 2008 00:47:28 +0000 http://saudijeans.org/2007/12/18/following-the-pardon/#comment-14821 [...] Saturday, July 12, 2008 · No Comments Abdullah Al-Alsheikh, the Minister of Justice, has recently given a lengthy interview (Arabic) to Asharq Al-Awsat where he made some interesting comments about the performance of the ministry and other related issues. MOJ has become under increased scrutiny following bizarre judgments in some high profile cases such as the Qatif Girl case. [...]

]]> By: sameer http://saudijeans.org/2007/12/18/following-the-pardon/#comment-12791 Tue, 29 Jan 2008 07:24:54 +0000 http://saudijeans.org/2007/12/18/following-the-pardon/#comment-12791 just wondering but if this incident had happened 2 a princess, what would had happened?

]]> By: Blogger for Freedom » Blog Archive » Blog silence to support imprisoned Fouad Al-Farhan http://saudijeans.org/2007/12/18/following-the-pardon/#comment-11951 Fri, 04 Jan 2008 23:53:00 +0000 http://saudijeans.org/2007/12/18/following-the-pardon/#comment-11951 [...] Post | Dissident Saudi blogger is arrested [↩]Saudi Jeans | You got the wrong guy [↩]Saudi Jeans | Following the pardon [↩]Free Fouad | Fouad arrest all over the mainstream media [↩]Mideast Youth | Who’s Fouad [...]

]]> By: Aafke http://saudijeans.org/2007/12/18/following-the-pardon/#comment-11359 Sun, 23 Dec 2007 22:04:49 +0000 http://saudijeans.org/2007/12/18/following-the-pardon/#comment-11359 Yeah, just finished reading the complete Religious Policeman’s blog.
Nearly fell off my chair laughing a couple of times. But àm I glad to have been born in the Netherlands.

I always thought Arab men must be complete losers to need these laws to keep women under control. Bit like East Germany, putting up the Iron Curtain: ”To keep people suffering from Western Europe’s Kapitalist Regimes, from invading the Communist Paradise.”
Right, like everyone believed that one.

So thumbs up Saudi Jeans! You are a shining jewel in the murky depths of misogeny and evil. And it gives one a positive feeling about the future and the world in general: apparently it is always possible, even in the most repressive distopia, to see universal truth and formulate your own intelligent thoughts.

And I put this without meaning that anybody should in any way ever change their own traditions, culture and religious believes.

]]> By: jackflash http://saudijeans.org/2007/12/18/following-the-pardon/#comment-11352 Sun, 23 Dec 2007 18:32:38 +0000 http://saudijeans.org/2007/12/18/following-the-pardon/#comment-11352 The difficulty with sites such as this is that “Unlissted” (sic) is the real voice of Saudi Arabia. As much as we’d like to think of this blog as representing Saudis, it’s really a reflection of only a small educated fraction of the country. Most support Shari’ah law and all of its neanderthal requirements, such as not allowing women to leave the house without a husband or brother. What a 12th century attitude! The fact that your king has to step in and prevent a rape victim from being beaten by the state speaks volumes – Saudi Arabia is stuck in the dark ages and has a far way to go to even be considered “backward.”

]]> By: Aafke http://saudijeans.org/2007/12/18/following-the-pardon/#comment-11348 Sun, 23 Dec 2007 13:15:10 +0000 http://saudijeans.org/2007/12/18/following-the-pardon/#comment-11348 Oh, how refreshing! Just as I was going to feel all rosy and respectful about Saudis, seeing how there are so many intelligent and worthwhile bloggers on the net, a call back to reality by the murky side of unlissted darkness!

Although not written in an understandable or even literate manner.

Or am I being paranoia and stupid and Unlissted is merely writing an amusing and ironic spoof and I just didn’t get it?
I am new to the blogworld

]]> By: Brent http://saudijeans.org/2007/12/18/following-the-pardon/#comment-11343 Sun, 23 Dec 2007 09:28:58 +0000 http://saudijeans.org/2007/12/18/following-the-pardon/#comment-11343 I heard myself gasp when I read your post about the pardon.
At last, atleast, justice, though incomplete, for one woman.
May justice be served to everyone, regardless of gender, in it’s own time.

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